Great work Great Career - Stephen R. Covey & Jennifer Colosimo

 57th of 2020; In 'Great work Great Career' by Stephen R. Covey & Jennifer Colosimo; they  tells us how  to create our ultimate job and make an extraordinary contribution rather than just filling a job description.

This book will help discover the importance of contribution and how it can be made; by discovering the unique passion, talents and strengths; defining your cause, building your village and mastering the job-search process, thereby creating a great career.  A great career is all about solving great problems, meeting great challenges and making great contributions; and anyone can have a great career. The book is divided into two parts viz:

Part 1: What will be your contribution?

Begin with the end in mind.

Your strength lie in a combination of your talent, passion and conscience. Where the strength intersects with the market need at that point lies your ability to make a unique contribution.

Know your strengths. The singular, irreplaceable you, identify your portfolio of strengths. 

Discover your cause: The Fire in you, become a volunteer and not an employee, become a solution and not a problem. Contribute your best.

The contributor paradigm say:

• "I'm a solution"
• "Because you have a significant need, I want to offer you strengths that match that need"
• "Here is my proposal to help you"

You are the creative force of your own job and life. No matter what role you play or where you are, your contribution can make a difference.

Part 2: How will your make your contribution?

Get the job you want. Be strong in the hard moments. Work in your circle of influence and not your circle of concern. 

Build your own village, contribute to the village, identify the members of your village, create and emotional bank account, carve out space on the internet, practice synergy. People with great careers always have a service paradigm. 

A highly synergistic team creates solutions that even the lone genius cannot foresee. Establish and control your personal brand across the world. It does your career little good to have a unique ability to contribute if no one knows about it. 

Don't regard yourself as a product that needs a marketing brochure, consider yourself a living, breathing, intelligent problem solver. Today interviewers want to know how you have used your skills.

Your career will be great if you make it great.